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phraseological

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phra⋅se⋅ol⋅o⋅gy

  [frey-zee-ol-uh-jee]
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–noun
1. manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
2. expressions; phrases: obscure phraseology.
Origin:
1655–65; < NGk phraseología (erroneously for *phrasiología), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525–95); see phrase, -o-, -logy

Related forms:
phra⋅se⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal  [frey-zee-uh-loj-i-kuhl] , phra⋅se⋅o⋅log⋅ic, adjective
phra⋅se⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See diction.
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phra·se·ol·o·gy   (frā'zē-ŏl'ə-jē)   
n.   pl. phra·se·ol·o·gies

  1. The way in which words and phrases are used in speech or writing; style.

  2. A set of expressions used by a particular person or group: nautical phraseology.

phra'se·o·log'i·cal (-ə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., phra'se·ol'o·gist n.
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